Migration and Cosmopolitan Dilemma

Question: Discuss about the Migration and Cosmopolitan Dilemma. Answer: Introduction Society is built on peace, security, and development of human rights. When one of these elements is ignored, a foundation of establishing unstable society is created(Churchill, 2006, p. 18). Therefore, it is the duty of all national and global human rights governing bodies to ensure that all the three aspects thrive together. However, in their efforts of balancing the three aspects, they may find themselves in dilemmas which sometimes becomes difficult to solve. This paper explores the case study of "Climate Change, Migration and the Cosmopolitan Dilemma" in Europe as written by(Held, 2016, p. 237). The paper purposes to offer solutions to various human rights dilemmas appearing in the case. The surveillance of the European nation's borders was meant to curb the illegal migrants. However, it turned out to be the violation of the human rights. The immigration policies adopted by the European countries included evicting and denying access to more asylum seekers, tight visa requirements and strict sanctions on airline carriers. Additionally, the police were given powers to check the identities of the people they suspected. The bestowment of this power contributed to the abuse of human rights and an opportunity to advance discrimination on certain ethnic races(Donnelly, 2013, p. 23). From the above scenario it clear that illegal immigration was used by the European nations to threaten the development of human rights. European nations being the leading advocators of the human rights and peace in the third world countries they should be on the front line ensuring the development of the human rights. However, their approaches to prevention illegal migrants in their countries seem to put them in a dilemma. Human beings may be forced by particular circumstances to seek refuge from the foreign nations. Therefore, European nations can resolve this dilemma by establishing the immigration agencies. This should be supplemented by thorough checking in the airports and harbors. Those who are found to have entered the country be registered with immigrant agencies with a condition to stay in a country for a specified period and then they will be returned to their countries. Migratory pressures resulting from the past patterns such as 2009/2011 wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and others and the current climatic changes have forced European nations adapt to containment policies (Chong, 2014). The containment policies came into place when the residents from the most affected regions such as North African, and the Middle East were in need of help. This was after the developed nations interventions failed. At the hour of the need European nations gave a blind eye to widespread human suffering from those regions. This paper suggests that European nations could have set refugee settlements to give temporary stay for the asylums running way from the asylum countries. This could have helped to build peace and enhance the human rights of the evicted victims. Preventing the entry of refugees seeking help was a failure to observe human rights as enshrined in the United Nations Human Rights Charter. The Mediterranean Sea has been the key point of the immigrants to enter Europe. This has been fueled by the political instabilities and harsh environmental conditions in their countries. However, Europe nations perceive that the immigrants escape their countries to seek for a better economy. This may have some truth, but the cases of Libyan, Somalia and Syria have been because of political wars. European nations led by Italia felt that illegal immigration hand intensified and therefore, established mechanisms to prevent the entry of the immigrants through the Mediterranean Sea. Italian move influenced the rest of the European nations who joined the Sea search and rescue missions in the sea(Marks, 2011, p. 142). European nations approach was not a solution to the illegal immigration. In fact, it was heightening the number of immigrants deaths in the sea. To solve this menace, European Union came up with the three suggestions. First, to derails the operations of the human traffickers and smugglers. Second, to increase funds meant for European Union border protection. Third, to enhance the protection of refugees. The third suggestion called for the implementation of the Common European Asylum System with similar procedures to help in dealing with the refugees claims(European Council, 2015). However, this was not a mitigation to the Mediterranean because of divided regional interests. This paper recommends it is the responsibility and the duty of each country to ensure protection of the human rights. 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